The Flower of My Secret

From Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Live Flesh, All About My Mother) comes this offbeat drama about Leo Macías (Marisa Paredes), a romance novelist who writes her trashy tomes under the pseudonym Amanda Gris. When her marriage begins to dissolve, Leo finds herself falling into despair, leading ...more

In one of his more mainstream films, popular Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar shifts to standard melodrama in The Flower of My Secret. The story and style is toned down from the usual Almodóvar trademarks of high camp and wild, colorful, and kinky characters. Leo, capably played by Marisa Parades, is treated tenderly, and the struggles with her marriage and career are shown with sentiment, rather than bent toward comedy. Compared to his previous outrageously styled works, this departure suffers ...more